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Insect Destroyer.

Patented June 23, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 79,097, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT In GULTIV'ATING ops.

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TO ALL. WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, NELSOrI BAKER, of Alganzee, in' the county o f- Branch, and sensor Michigan, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in'Cultivating Hops, and providing means for preventing'liee and other insects from in uring r destroying themwhile growing; and the following is a full,elear, and exact description oi the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawinga'making apart of thissp ecifioation,

in which-- Figurel reprcsents a perspective'view of a hop-field, with the poles set in rows, and the hop-vines growing passing in among the vines'of the growing hops.

on'them also showing the smoke andvapor of burning sinndges in the rows on the windward sides of the'field- The object of my invention is togetthe largest possible yield ona' given space, by the'use of strong fertil v hers, and also to save the hops from injury, or from being destroyed bydice or oth'erinsects, while they are growing, which is often the case when they aremade to grow rank, the use ofifertilizers or in strong, ,rich soil. i I I My invention consists in preparing smudges, madeof saw-dust, leaves, straw, weeds, pennyroyal, or any vegetable combustiblesubstance,by mixingor moiston'ing it with a diluted -solu tion-of sulphuric-or muriatie acid, paraifine, coal, gas, orothor tar, and placing it in rows or in piles on thewindward sides, or in among the rows of the growing vines of hop-fields and l'setting them on fire, thus'making smndges, 'from whence the smoke and fumes are blown in amongst th vine's, and home iii-contact with the foliage, and wil'lvery speedily kill and destroy all of the lice, bugs, or other insects. that prey upon the hops. i

To enable others to understan d and practise my improved-methodof-cultivating and saving hops, so as to insure a good crop, I will proceed to'describe it more in detail.

his well known to all scientific agrionltnrists that to insure a good crop of anything that grows on climb ing vines, and especially such as make their vines or wood annually, it requires a rich, strong soil, and that inmost sections of the conntry it is necessary to use manure or some other fertilizers, which havethe tendency to breed various kinds of insects. There is perhaps nothing which grows that is more subject to heoverrnn with lice than the hop in ccrtain stagcs of its growth; v I To keep the vines from being injured-by lice or other insects, I take fine-cut chips or sawdust, and sprinkle or partially saturate it with the ingredients above described, and place it on the windwardside, near thcgrowing" hops, or in 'amongthem, and when set fire to, will burn slowly. and smoulder away for a considerable length of time, quite sufiic'ient for the smoke and fumes to penetrate all through the vines and foliage, and kill and destroy oil of the insects which injure or destroy-the crop. One or two applications of the smudges is qiiitc suflicient, for the season, to accomplish 'the-purposefas none of the hop-destroying insects willgo on the vines as long as there is any smell of the fumes left. i

Having been engaged a number of years in raising hops, and i'rorn practicalex perience have demonstrated the fact that a good andreliahle crop may be gro'wnevery year, where the climate is suitable, in any soil, by using manure or other fertilizers, and by'the application of smndges for destroying the insects in the manner as above described. 7

What I claim as my invention or discovery in cultivating hops, is

' The herein-described'method of destroying insects upon hop-vines in the open field, by subjecting the vines to the action of pyroligneous, sulphurous, hydrocarbon, or other similar vapors, in the manner specified.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name in the presence of NELSON BAKER.-

Witnesses: v

D. N. GREEN,- Jonn Cameras. 

